Clients & Projects

Melanie Booth, Ed.D. - the pollinator of Nectary Solutions - has worked for and with nonprofit organizations, educational associations, postsecondary institutions, state systems, and in collaborative ventures among multiple entities, all of which promoted future-focused advancements and change initiatives on behalf of learners, employers, organizations, and communities. Some of the projects have been long-term and large scale; other projects have been smaller, or incremental, to support organizations in moving the needle at their own pace and scale.

Higher Education and Nonprofit Organizations

  • American Council on Education (ACE) – Workplace Learning Assessment, Shell USA

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC) – Credential Lab ideation and feasibility study consultant; then Executive Director leading design teams to create Credential Lab’s initial offerings; then strategy advisor consultant

  • NC-SARA – Vice President of Education and Engagement, led distance education and state authorization member education and engagement programming for 52 states and more than 2,400 colleges and universities

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) – Fellows Program design team and workshop faculty

  • Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission – Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Taskforce; CPL workshops for institutions

  • QA Commons - Founding Executive Director; then strategy advisor consultant

  • The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Programs – Academic and internship quality and program assessment consultant

  • WASC Senior College & University Commission (WSCUC) – Vice President for Educational Programs, led the organization's suite of educational programming activities focused on the changing ecology of higher education

    College & University Clients

  • Clackamas Community College. Clackamas, OR

  • Dominican University of California. San Rafael, CA (served as interim Assistant Vice President and ALO)

  • EDvance College. San Francisco, CA (consultant; now current member of the Board of Directors)

  • Menlo College. Atherton, CA

  • Mission College. Santa Clara, CA

  • Northern Marianas College. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

  • Oregon Institute of Technology. Klamath Falls, OR

  • Portland Community Colleges. Portland, OR

  • Prison University Project / Mt. Tamalpais College. San Quentin, CA

  • School for New Learning, DePaul University. Chicago, IL

  • Simmons University. Boston, MA

  • Tangaza University College (with School for New Learning, DePaul University). Nairobi, Kenya

  • Valdosta State University. Valdosta, GA

    Engagement in National Initiatives

    Melanie regularly serves as a contributor to and thought partner in national and regional initiatives that advance the transformation of the learn and work ecosystem to better align education to talent needs and support all learners’ career opportunities and social and economic mobility. Examples include:

  • WICHE / Pew Charitable Trusts - Contributor to the report State Approaches to Short-Term Postsecondary Credentials

  • C-BEN - Participant in the Center for Skills Partnership for Skills Validation initiative

  • Connecting Credentials – Co-Leader of national task group on quality credentialing, resulting in the report Building Trust in Credentials.

  • American Council on Education (ACE) – Stackable Credentials Framework Task Group, resulting in the report Quality Dimensions for Connected Credentials.

  • Association of General and Liberal Studies (AGLS) - Selection Committee Member - Award for the Improvement of General Education

  • Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) – Selection Committee Member - Student Learning Outcomes Institutional Award

  • Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) – Board of Directors

  • Heutagogy Community of Practice – Co-founder/co-curator

  • UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation – Member

  • Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools – Distance Education Committee

  • Institute for Higher Education Effectiveness – Accreditation Liaison Collaborative Advisory & Accreditation Fellow

  • NASASPS Distance Education Committee - Member

  • Credential Engine – Various User or Task Groups

  • Peer Reviewer: The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning